CIGR Newsletter No 62

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2003 ASAE Annual International Meeting

The American Society of Agricultural Engineering will hold its 2003 Annual Meeting from 27 to 30 July 2003 in the Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA . The meeting will include both lecture and poster sessions. The technical sessions at the meeting are divided into the following topic areas:

For a complete list of sessions check www.asae.org/ meetings/am2003/topics.pdf . The ASAE member registration fee is $ 425 (US Dollars). For further information, please contact the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2950 Niles Road, St Joseph, MI 49085, USA and consult the internet at http://www.asae.org/meetings/am2003/index.html



ISMAB 2004

ISMAB 2004, the 2nd International Symposium on Machinery and Mechatronics for Agriculture and Bio-systems Engineering will be held from 8 to 10 September 2004 at Kobe University, Kobe City, Japan . Organised by the Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and co-sponsored by the Korean Society of Agricultural Machinery and the Chinese Institute of Agricultural Machinery, it will provide an opportunity for the exchange of ideas and research results and for transmitting scientific information from East Asia.

This conference will deal with the following topics:

Further information is available on the conference website http://eloon.ans.kobe-u.ac.jp/JSAM/english/ismab.html or from Prof. Horio, Hisashi; Dept. of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, 657-8501 Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan. Tel/Fax: +81 78 803 5916 E-mail: ismab@eng.ans.kobe-u.ac.jp


"AgEng 2004: Engineering the Future"

This conference will be held from 12-16 September 2004 , at the city campus of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (University of Leuven). The conference addresses engineering issues related to the future of agriculture, the environment, biological systems and related industries in order to serve society and all people. Engineering and technology will be dealt with not just as a driving force but also as a catalyst that enables change.

New technologies are required to enable agriculture to meet future challenges. Changes in food production and food supply must be carefully prepared both to meet the expectations of consumers and to lead to a profitable and sustainable agriculture. Increased demands of consumers for safe food produced with techniques that are acceptable for the environment will lead to the development of advanced engineering as part of a new agriculture. This includes new technologies that are emerging for post-harvest treatments of food. All these technologies involve or incorporate engineering principles based on biological systems.

The conference will deal with the following topics:

Contributions on engineering methods and results related to biological systems, agriculture, food and fibre production, and the environment are very much welcome. Abstracts, in English and not exceeding 400 words, will be judged by the Scientific Committee.

Extended abstracts, in the required format and max. 2 pages A4, have to reach the secretariat at the latest on 1 June 2004. The collected extended abstracts will be available to participants at the conference. Submission of conference papers to the Biosystems Engineering Journal (the scientific journal of EurAgEng) is encouraged.

Deadlines:

Abstracts                                     1 December 2003

Notification of acceptance         1 March 2004

Extended abstracts                     1 June 2004

For further information, contact: AgEng 2004 c/o Technologisch Instituut; Rita Peys, conference manager; Desguinlei 214; BE–2018 Antwerpen, Belgium. Tel.: +32 3 2600861 Fax: +32 3 2160689; e-mail: info@AgEng2004.be

 

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